Jen Burns: toadstools

Sunday, October 29, 2023

This WAS Super Fun - Dusty Attic

How awesome does this Tree Climb walk look right at our own backdoor at Yanchep National Park? Kyden and his Brothers had "Super Fun"
The new 3Quarter Designs with Dusty Attic new collection called "Incredible Journeys" is perfect for these photos.

I have started with one of the new awesome Collage Frameworks Frames and painted with Stamperia Grey paint Dark to light Ombre style with dry brushing some light highlights. I have also painted the Hexagons by Nuneka the same way and added them to the sides of the framework.

The Toadstools pack 1 and 2 have been painted to look like mushrooms and layered at the bottom Cluster along with some foliage and mini Cobblestones.

"This was Super Fun" title was painted with Stamperia paints in an ombre fashion starting with Tortora at the tiop then Cappuccino and finished with Mattone which has also been used to paint the mini Filmstrips.

Super Gold has been dry brushed over the top to add highlights.

The Mini Gum trees have been painted the same way as the foliage then added brown to the branches and trunk then layered again with the Toadstools and Cobblestones.

3 Quarter Incredible Journey 12x12 Pack

Mini Filmstrips #2 DA3639

This was Super Fun Title DA3344

Collage Frameworks #10 DA3635

Hexagons by Nuneka DA2735

Mini Gum Trees DA0813

Toadstools #1 DA0565

Toadstools #2 DA2384

Foliage #5 DA1295

Mini Cobblestone DA0829

Sunday, August 14, 2022

Simply Perfect- Dusty Attic mood board challenge

Hello everyone, today I am sharing my take on the Dusty Attic Mood Board challenge for August, it is super sweet pinks and browns.

This photo of my gorgeous little grand daughter was taken at a park where she kept bobbing her head down and saying "Peek-A-Boo". This is just one of the many things that photographs do, evoke memories attached to them.

I started by spray painting all of my chipboard except the frame and title white. While it was drying I have covered the Distress Frame with the patterned paper and machine stitched around the edges of the pink background.

I have painted an ombre effect onto the Simply Perfect title with browns and pinks, and the pink of the little frames. I have added black card behind the mini hearts to make them "pop" and some of the patterned paper inside.

The Cherry Blossom tree and the cute little Songbird have been painted using the same brown for the branches and pink for the blossoms adding white, dark pink and light brown dots.

The flowers, leaves and bird are fussy cut from the Forest tea party paper. The chippy toadstools layered in between where a must along with the awesome dandelions, you can't see them and not want to make a wish.

The Forrest Friends Llamas are simply just too super gorgeous together with the cute little Forrest Friends Reindeer. I have left them mainly white and just coloured their wool and scarves with fine tipped markers.

Dusty Attic products used